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Organisation
Department of Public health
Department
Lifecycle:1 Jan 1993 → 30 Sep 2018
Organisation profile:The department of Public Health is a department of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. It focuses on education and research in the domains of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Food and Food Safety, Health Promotion and Education, Health Economics, Medical Informatics and Statistics, Nursing Science and Occupational and Environmental Health.
Keywords:Maatschappelijke gezondheidkunde
Disciplines:Public health care
Projects
71 - 80 of 107
- Prospective follow-up of reproductive factors and comorbidity in twinsFrom1 Jan 2010 → 31 Dec 2012Funding: FWO research grant KAN
- "Pilot study for the assessment of nutrient intake and food consumption among kids in Europe"From1 Jan 2010 → 28 Feb 2011Funding: Other federal public and semi-governmental institutions
- Registries of Acute Coronary Attacks in the city of Ghent and in the region of BrugesFrom1 Jan 2010 → 31 Dec 2013Funding: Department Welfare, Public Health and Culture
- Phthalates in food: sources, exposure and risks for the human population U+2013 PhD-scholarship Tine FierensFrom1 Oct 2009 → 30 Sep 2013Funding: VITO (Flemish Institute for Technological Research)
- Research on burnout in BelgiumFrom1 Oct 2009 → 1 Oct 2010Funding: Ministery of Employment and Labour
- Nutrition and genetic predisposition as determinants of serum lipids and fatty acid status in healthy children and adolescentsFrom1 Oct 2009 → 13 Jan 2012Funding: FWO fellowships, BOF - Other initiatives
- Chronic stress and the development of obesity and micronutrient-deficiency in children: use of hair as a diagnostic toolFrom1 Oct 2009 → 1 Oct 2010Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects
- The use of laboratory tests in patients admitted to the emergency departmentFrom1 Sep 2009 → 31 Jan 2010Funding: Other federal public and semi-governmental institutions
- Research into the link between psychosocial stress at work and occupational accidents in BelgiumFrom1 Sep 2009 → 1 Aug 2010Funding: Ministery of Employment and Labour
- Alliance Research Group: Interuniversity Center for Health Economics ResearchFrom1 Jul 2009 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
Publications
1 - 10 of 114
- Qualitative research in dementia and dementia care(2011)
Authors: Maria Grypdonck, Els Steeman, Sofie Verhaeghe, Olivia Dibelius, Wolfgang Maier
Pages: 24 - 28 - Dilemmas in measuring and using pressure ulcer prevalence and incidence : an international consensus
Authors: MM Baharestani, JM Black, K Carville, M Clark, JE Cuddigan, C Dealey, Tom Defloor, KG Harding, NA Lahmann, ML Lubbers, et al.
Pages: 97 - 104 - Systematic development and validation of a nursing intervention: the case of lifestyle adherence promotion in leg ulcer patients
Authors: Ann Van Hecke, Mieke Flour, Tom Defloor
Pages: 662 - 676 - Processes underlying adherence to leg ulcer treatment: a qualitative field study
Authors: Ann Van Hecke, Tom Defloor
Pages: 145 - 155 - Adherence to leg ulcer lifestyle advice: a promising nursing intervention for community care settingsVolume: 10
Authors: Ann Van Hecke, Katrien Vanderwee, Tom Defloor
Pages: 64 - 64 - Adherence to leg ulcer lifestyle advice: qualitative and quantitative outcomes associated with a nurse-led intervention
Authors: Ann Van Hecke, Katrien Vanderwee, Tom Defloor
Pages: 429 - 443 - A review of why patients with leg ulcers do not adhere to treatment
Authors: Ann Van Hecke, Tom Defloor
Pages: 337 - 349 - Effectiveness of Two Cushions in the Prevention of Heel Pressure Ulcers
Authors: Alexander Heyneman, Katrien Vanderwee, Tom Defloor
Pages: 114 - 120 - Alcohol use, Mycoplasma genitalium, and other STIs associated with HIV incidence among women at high risk in Kampala, Uganda
Authors: Judith Vandepitte, Helen A Weiss, Justine Bukenya, Susan Nakubulwa, Yunia Mayanja, Godfrey Matovu, Nassim Kyakuwa, Peter Hughes, Richard Hayes, Heiner Grosskurth
Pages: 119 - 126 - Assessment of clinical and laboratory tools for the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in resource-constrained settings
Authors: Alonso Ricardo Soto Tarazona
Number of pages: 1